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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.
Have you ever noticed how some people enjoy the conquest of you surrendering what’s right for you to doing what they want you to do? It is as though there is a pleasure in the “abuse and control win” in and of itself. The “win” being that you are serving them over taking care of yourself.
To read the complete article, please visit Abuse and Control – The Conquest of Bending Your Will to Care for Yourself
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Thursday, December 8th, 2011
by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.
“Why do I believe what he/she has shouted at me over the years…even though a part of me knows it not to be true?” Men and women alike ask this question, again and again. Sound familiar to you?
Imagine going about your day and all being relatively well. Then out of the blue your partner steps in and hits you with verbal emotional abuse about how you are such____ and such____. And your being so is responsible for his/her disastrous predicament. It’s all your fault!
Now here’s the issue. This image happens routinely—weekly, monthly, year after year. What might this do to you or to anyone in these shoes?
To read the complete article, please visit Why Do You Believe the Verbal Abuse In Marriage? – Cognitive Dissidence and The Verbal Attack
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Sunday, December 4th, 2011
by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.
People in all phases of an abusive relationship ask the same question, over and over again: “Why does my partner or ex-partner still control me, our children or matters in general?”
For example, in desperation battered women cry out, “My husband is using the court to control me and our children.” And abused men say the same, “She’s using the court to control my life!” They both want to know why.
To read the complete article, please visit Abuse and Control – How to Understand and Transcend the Endless Control in Abusive Relationships
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